NTUC Developments

CEBU, Philippines – Trade Union Congress of the Philippines Partylist Rep. Raymond Mendoza yesterday said their concerns are not only the issues related to labor, but also the need to improve the health services to the people in the barangays.

“Work without respect for trade union rights is never decent,” young workers stressed during the two-day TUCP/ITUC-AP-supported National Youth Conference/Workshop for Decent Work under Global Crisis in March 12-13, 2010 at Kimberly Hotel, Tagaytay City.

DAVAO CITY (22 February) -Thirty trade union leaders from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao completed recently the National Workshop on Productivity and Labor Management Cooperation (LMC), focusing on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Collective Bargaining.

December 14, 2009, Quezon City — Some 25 youth, women and informal workers, union organizers and activists from three (3) trade union organizations (TUCP, FFW and APL), Informal Sector Coalition of the Philippines (ISP) and Youth for Empowerment and Solidarity (YES) and local unions with domestic workers segments in Luzon and selected regions in Visayas…

December 23, 2009, Quezon City –Two Capacity-Building programs on Labor Standards Enforcement Framework (LSEF) and Core Labor Standards were held on 10-12 December and 21-22 December 2009.

Some 25 trade union leaders from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao participated in a two-day JILAF-sponsored National Workshop on Global Financial Crisis: It’s Impact on Employment and Productivity on October 16-17, 2009, in Cebu City.

Japan International Labour Foundation (JILAF) in cooperation with Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) conducted the “National Workshop on Development of Productivity and Labor Management Cooperation Manual on October 12-15, 2009, in Cebu City.

06 October 2009, Alabang –Representatives of tripartite regional institutions of Region IV-A received the World Day for Decent Work Call to Action for “Decent Work, Decent Life!” in a joint TUCP-RTWPB-RTIPC hand-over ceremony at The Palms, Alabang. The Call to Action is an international petition of seven key demands. It calls on government and decision-makers,…

10 October 2009. –Close to 4,000 union members/families affected by the flooding caused by typhoon “Ondoy” within Metro Manila and nearby towns have received so far relief packages of rice, instant noodles and canned groceries from TUCP. Around 1,000 families have been seen by doctors in a series of medical missions done by the Center.

03 October 2009, Valenzuela City. –Two hundred forty-five (245) local union officers and members of four (4) companies who have fallen victims of harsh typhoon “Ondoy” benefitted from the relief operation held on 03 October 2009 in Valenzuela, Metro manila by the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines and its political arm, the TUCP Party-List.

Over thirty union officers and organizers from three unions TUCP, FFW and AIHRWU conducted a successful leafletting before Sun Life Headquarters In Makati City despite numerous confrontations with headquarters security officers.

While workers around the country marked Labor Day with rallies, elsewhere maritime workers opened their training center at the Cebu Ports Area of Cebu City yesterday.